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1 hr ago | Common Dreams

DOJ's Pursuit of Fox News Journalist Deepens Outrage over...

New revelations about the manner in which President Obama's Department of Justice has pursued journalists thought to have garnered government secrets is being called not just a "war on whistleblowers," but an assault on "investigative journalism itself." President Obama and his Attorney General Eric Holder.

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Related Topix: Journalism, US News, Law, Employment / Labor Law, Washington Post, Publishing, Criminal Defense Law

Mon May 20, 2013

Media Matters for America

Santilli Doubles Down On Clinton Attack: "I Want To Shoot Her In The...

Extremist radio host Pete Santilli is defending and reiterating his inflammatory attacks on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, stating on his program that he wants "to shoot her in the vagina and let her suffer right before my eyes." In a May 17 rant captured by Right Wing Watch, Santilli called for the Bush family and President Obama to be ... (more)

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, US News

Media Matters for America

"Irrelevant": Fox Distorts Obama Adviser's Remarks In Continued Scandal Mongering Campaign

Fox News distorted remarks from White House Senior Adviser Dan Pfeiffer to falsely claim the Obama administration felt recent controversies involving the IRS and the attacks on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi, Libya, were "irrelevant." Pfeiffer's full comments made clear, however, that the administration felt the IRS targeting particular ... (more)

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Drama, Television, US News

OpEdNews

The White Paper on Drones: The Tail Wagging the Dog

If there are possible legal grounds for drone assassinations based on the White Paper, then these are post hoc ergo propter hoc confirmations of a fait accompli .

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Related Topix: Terrorism, US News

Crooks and Liars

Rand Paul Continues Attacks on Clinton Over Benghazi

Sen. Rand Paul continued with his charges from earlier this week that former Sec.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Rand Paul, Hillary Clinton

Common Dreams

Fears of Civil War Grip Iraq as Bombings and Death Skyrocket

Providing further evidence that Iraq is already experiencing the violence of a civil war, multiple bombings in two major cities on Monday killed dozens of people and injured many more.

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Related Topix: Iraq, World News, Middle East, US News

OpEdNews

Racism and the American Right

Racism has been a consistent thread weaving through the American Right from the early days when Anti-Federalists battled against the U.S. Constitution to the present when hysterical Tea Partiers denounce the first African-American president.

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Related Topix: African-American, Virginia, Virginia Government, US News

Sun May 19, 2013

Guardian Unlimited

Obama: partisan battles in Washington holding back US economy

President Barack Obama told students at Morehouse College: 'My whole life, I've tried to be what my father wasn't for my mother and me.' Photograph: Erik S Lesser/EPA President Barack Obama complained on Sunday that partisan battles in Washington are holding back stronger US economic growth as he tried to recover from one of the most difficult ... (more)

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Related Topix: Atlanta, GA, Morehouse College, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

Common Dreams

A Nuclear Iran Would Unlikely Tilt Regional Power Balance

A nuclear-armed Iran would not pose a fundamental threat to the United States and its regional allies like Israel and the Gulf Arab monarchies, according to a new report released here Friday by the Rand Corporation.

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Related Topix: US News

Common Dreams

Likely US Drone Adds to Tally of Extrajudicial Killings in Yemen

A drone flying over southern Yemen bombed a passenger van on Saturday, killing at least four people and wounding several others, a local official said .

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Related Topix: Yemen, Middle East, World News, US News

Common Dreams

Gunmen Kill Khan's Senior Official Ahead of Pakistan Recount

A senior member of Imran Khan's Movement for Justice party was shot dead on Saturday outside the gates of her home in Karachi, Pakistan, hours before several re-elections were scheduled to take place in the country on Sunday.

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Related Topix: Sports, Cricket, Pakistan, US News

Common Dreams

Nerds, Jocks & Conscientious Objectors: The Hidden World of Israel's High School War Resisters

When the 19-year-old Israeli war resister Noam Gur attends weekly demonstrations against the occupation of Palestine, the soldiers who suppress the protestors - with tear gas, stun grenades, and occasionally live fire - aren't just strangers in uniform.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, Education Etc., US News

National Public Radio

Nonconservative Groups Say IRS Scrutinized Them, Too

Outgoing acting Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Steve Miller and Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration J. Russell George are sworn before a full House Ways and Means Committee hearing Friday.

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Related Topix: Journalism, US News

Common Dreams

Obama DOE Approves 2nd Fracked Gas Terminal

Friday is the proverbial "take out the trash day" for the release of bad news among public relations practioners and this Friday was no different.

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Related Topix: Department of Energy, Freeport, TX, ConocoPhillips, Energy, Oil & Gas, Murphy Exploration and Production Company International, US News

Sat May 18, 2013

Common Dreams

100,000 'Turn Up Heat' on Rome Gov't

Demonstrators applaud during the left-wing Italian metalworkers' union FIOM rally in downtown Rome Piazza San Giovanni on May 18, 2013.

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Related Topix: Europe, Italy, World News, Silvio Berlusconi, US News

Irregular Times

The New 13th Floor

The 13th floor of this building is being cleared out and given a new design and purpose.

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Common Dreams

It's Official: France Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage

French President Francois Hollande signed the country's same-sex marriage and adoption bill into law on Saturday, almost one month after its passage in Parliament that prompted a legal challenge in the country's Constitutional Council by the conservative opposition.

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Democratic Underground Latest Breakin...

Colorado Woman, Dies After Assault Rifle Accidentally Discharges

A Denver-area woman died Tuesday night after an assault rifle she was handling accidentally fired and shot her in the head.

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Related Topix: Federal Heights, CO, US News

Common Dreams

Radicalized = Weaponized = Kill at Will

"The line between political beliefs and illegal action is eradicated, so that the 'radicalized' person or group is inherently deserving of liquidation." Like all advanced police states, the U.S. national security regime has begun speaking its own, degenerate language.

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Related Topix: Prison, US News

Media Matters for America

8 Reasons Allen West Is The Perfect Fox News Contributor

Fox News has announced it's hired former Rep. Allen West as a contributor. The far-right Republican and the conservative news network are a match made in heaven: West's incendiary rhetoric against progressives and Democrats closely mirrors Fox News' own smears and attacks.

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Related Topix: US News, Sports, Keith Ellison, NFL Players